Dim-sum to order all day. Because of it's more hidden location just west of Spadina on Dundas, most people seem to know Rol San a lot better. To be fair, Rol San also has a lot more choices.
The menu here is easy to navigate as they are divided out by fried food, steamed food, desserts, etc. They use a bamboo steamer and some stuff are pre-steamed (already sitting on the steamer), like the siu mai which came right away,and some stuff they steam it for you after you order it, although you can tell they've been pre-cooked and it's a bit mushy. The stuff comes out piping hot!
Good place for my favourites like chicken feet and shrimp and chive dumplings. Portions are actually pretty big. The total for us was about $20 before after tax before tip. We had
- chicken feet (great)
- siu mai (great)
- chive and shrimp dumpling (good but mushy)
- black bean pork ribs (great)
- octopus cooked with shrimp paste (no good)
- scallop and seafood soup dumpling (no good)
- chicken sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaf (good,but small)